Match-safe



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C. EBERSGLD. MATGH SAFE.

110.578,552. Patented Mar.9,1891.

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C. BBBRSOLD.

MATCH SAFE.'

Patented Mar. 9, 1897.

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OALEB EBERSOLD, OF RAVENNA, OHIO.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,552, dated March 9,1897.

Application filed .Tune 1 8 1 8 9 6.

To all when@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, OALEB EBERsoLD, of Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in match-safes; and it consists inthe peculiar construction of the same, whereby the original package orbox containing the matches may be contained therein, and only one matchat a time can be extracted from the box after the match-box is inserted.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective illustrating myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal vertical section takenthrough line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section takenthrough Fig. 4 illustrates a modification of my safe. 4

A represents a casing or container, which is preferably formed of castmetal. This container is provided with top and bottom walls Al A2, twoside walls B B', and one end wall O. The end Otis open to allow of thematchbox D being slipped in.

In order to prevent the box D from being easily extracted, I haveprovided at the open end C two extending ledges d d', thus making thetop A and bottom A2 longer than the match-box D. The sides B B may alsobe made slightly longer than the box, but this is not essential. Aboutcentral of the top of the casing A is formed an opening E E E2 E2,cruciform in shape, and having the longitular ends, suftlciently largeto accommodate the thumb and iinger, and the transverse arms E2 ES justlarge enough to allow of the passage of a single match and provided withslightlyenlarged ends to allow of the free passage of the match-heads.

The transverse arms E2 E3 do not extend flanges e e at either end. Theobject of this is to prevent two matches -being extracted in verticalline at one time, inasmuch as it is hardly probable that any two matchesin the Serial No. 596,030. (No model.)

box will be in line vertically, both at their ends and sides, when beingwithdrawn or extracted. The shoulders or flanges act to interfere with amatch out of line with the transverse slot. It is of course understoodthat by shifting the matches in line vertically with the vslot two oreven more matches might be extracted, but by my safe there is nopossibility of the matches being dropped or scattered around, as wouldbe the case Where a person carelessly grabbed at a box of matches, andon the other hand-the loss of matches in cigar-stores and like places islessened, inasmuch as persons, when wishing a match or light, take onlysufficient for their immediate wants, and cannot, without being no--ticed, grab a handful, as is the usual practice in many cases.

.As shown in Fig. 4, casing A may be provided with two cruciformopenings for extracting the matches.

It will be noticed that in my match-safe the narrow or transverse armsE2 E3 are so located as to be in the saine direction as the matches arelaid in the boxes when sold or packed, and it is hence unnecessary toeither turn the match for the purpose of extracting it or to remove thematches from the box in order to place them in a safe, it only beingnecessary to remove the outer covering of the box and insert it in thesafe, when the matches will be in position to be extracted through thenarrow slot E2 E3 without the necessity of turning them.

What I claim is A match-safe formed box shape and open at one end orside, said end or side having the top and bottom extending over orbeyond the sides7 in combination with a match-box adapted to enter thesafe, said match-box being, when in position in the safe, within orbeyond the extending portions of the safe, and an opening in thematch-box to extract the matches.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presenceof twowitnesses, this 13th day of June, 1896.

OALEB EBERSOLD. Witnesses:

W. E. DONNELLY, ELLA E. TILDEN.

